FREE STERILIZATION & VACCINATION WILD DOGS & CATS

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• Senin, 6 November 2023
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On Monday, October 16 2023, the Community Service sector of the Student Executive Board (BEM) of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FKH) of Udayana University (Unud) through a social work program titled Veterinary Aware and Care (VEACE), have held a Vaccination and Sterilization activity for stray dogs and cats. In this activity, we collaborated yet again with "Seva Bhuana Foundation '' who is experienced and operates in the field of sterilization, vaccination and education for the Balinese people as well as sponsorship funding assistance from Desiria Jualan.

The purpose of carrying out this activity is as a form of our concern as Veterinary Medicine students to participate in helping suppress the growth of stray dogs and cats in Bali. As we know recently, rabies cases have been increasing which can lead to over population that is becoming a major worry in Bali. Some irresponsible individuals are one of the causes of the overpopulation of abandoned animals. You can imagine, if 1 stray dog or cat could give birth to 5-10 pups/kittens and later their pups/kittens would also mate and give birth to an equally large number of pups/kittens. So, the population of stray dogs/cats will increasingly suffer and this can disrupt the daily lives of the people around the area. So we offer a solution in the form of free sterilization and vaccination for stray or abandoned dogs and cats to reduce the population.

 

Activities start at 09.00 WITA starting with briefing by the Seva Bhuana Foundation to FKH Unud volunteers. Followed by the division into groups of search/tracking areas for dogs and cats in the area around Ubung by volunteers with the assistance of a team of experts from the Seva Bhuana Foundation. From the search results, we found 6 dogs and 6 cats to be sterilized. Not only did we carry out sterilization activities, four of the seven dogs that were successfully sterilized were also given vaccinations by the Seva Bhuana Foundation. This activity was assisted by 11 volunteers from FKH Unud students.

“Today's service is very impressive in various aspects. Starting from helping find animals to be sterilized, discussing with doctors who are not stingy with knowledge, and being part of a change feels very satisfying. There is also a family atmosphere in collaboration in making a positive impact on society which makes this experience feel impressive," said Waya, one of the volunteers from this sterilization and vaccination activity (VEACE).

We would like to thank all parties who have helped and supported the smooth running of (VEACE) Sterilization and Vaccination of Stray Dogs/Cats. We really hope that this activity can become a routine agenda for BEM FKH Unud Community Service every semester.